The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-04-24
BISMARCK AND THE POPE
PROTESTANTS PROTEST AGAINST
THE CONCESSIONS.

Fears That the Church of Rome Will
Gain the Upper Hand in the Rhine
land Denied by the Chancellor A
Testimonial Monument to Herr
Windthorst to be Erected.
copyrighted 1887 by the Ne,o York associated
Press.
BERLIN, April 23.-The debate in the I'M
terhaus ON the ecclesiastical bill to-day
brought out some of Prince Bismarck's
strongest peculiarities. In defending the
measure he had to attack the speeches of
some members who are his own supporters
like the National Liberals Herren Eynern
and Pfaif, Ultra Conservative Baron Ham
mersten and Others jealous in the defense
of the Protestant Church in Prussia, who
are convinced that the Chancellor has gone
too far i'll his concessions to the Vatican
and has virtually taken that journey to
CanosSa which he once declared he
would never make. Among the most inter-
eSting episodes was Baron Hammeistein's
accusation that the government was i'm.
peliling the Protestant Church. In con.
GLIDING his speech he said: eff the prophecy
of Cardinal Manning that the fight between
the Catholic and Protestant Churches will
be fought out on the sandy plains of Bran
denburg is destined to be fulfilled, and if,
therefore, the Protestant Church is to sue.
cumb in the fight, then the man who deemed
an alliance with the Pope necessary must
be held responsible
PROFOUND SENSATION
The charge thus leveled directly at thu
Chancellor produced profound sensation,
Prince Bismarck started up to respond. He
was much agitated, and in a voice quivering
with excitement denied that the ascendencv
OF the Protestant church was endangered
lie ridiculed the idea that the restoration Of
the former rights of Catholics would dam
age the Protestant establishment, and adj
vised the National Liberals and Conserva-
tives to join him i'm trying to
attain the final cessation of the
kulturkampf The speech was effective
in the sense that it showed that Prince Bis
marck was determined to carry the bill in
the exact form it was presented in the I'M
terhaus and would tolerate no opposition
from his own supporters. The bill must
pass, but this weeks discussion has left
angry feelings and much discomfort in Ma
tional, Liberal and Conservative groups.
THE PoPEs LETTER.
The KolniSche Volb:s Zeittnq, the organ
of the UltramontaneS, published the Latin
text with a German translation of letter
which the Pope has sent to the Archbishop
of Cologne regarding the attitude of the
Catholics towards the ecclesiastical bill. In
the concluding passage of the letter the
Pope says: Seeing that the Oberhaus has
passed the bill with the amendments of the
Bishop of Fulda, representing remedies for
many evils and opening the door to that
peace SO long desired, we, therefore, con-
slider that Catholics should not refuse their
assent
The same paper publishes a manifesto
signed by Isl German Catholic journalists,
proposing to erect a church in Hanover to
commemorate Herr Windthorst's birthday.
The Catholic press concurs in declaring that
although the Centre party accepts the eccle-
siastical bill, this does not alter its indepen-
dence or its attitude toward Bismarck, and
that Herr Windthorst win retain the leader
chin